Thought this might be fun, and a thread that could possibly avoid devolving into the norm.
Pretend you are a top 10 player and slam contender on the ATP Tour. What events would you choose to play?
At a minimum, let's say you have to play a full ranking points schedule, which consists of the 4 slams, 8 mandatory 1000s, and 6 500/250 level events of your choice (also includes the optional 1000 @ Monte Carlo). Now, you can play more, but let's go with that as a minimum.
I'm curious to see how others would schedule based on where they're from, which events they like, etc. So, I'll start.
Brisbane - obvious tune up for Australia and it makes sense to stay/play in the same country.
Australian Open
Memphis - other than, it is the closest event to where I live and I would not want to skip all of February without playin
Indian Wells
Miami
Monte Carlo
Madrid
Rome
Roland Garros
Halle - I would play Queens at least once, but I like the Halle event better. And, I'd like to visit Germany.
Wimbledon
Washington, D.C../Atlanta - since both are relatively close geographically, I think I'd try to play at least one of them.
Toronto/Montreal
Cincinnati
U.S. Open
Beijing - I would play Tokyo once, to visit Japan, but generally I would play Beijing and stay in China for...
Shanghai
Basel
Paris
That would be my minimum schedule. There are a few other tournaments I would consider for various reasons (Rio, Acapulco, Houston, Israel), either because it's closer to my home or I would like to visit the country.
Pretend you are a top 10 player and slam contender on the ATP Tour. What events would you choose to play?
At a minimum, let's say you have to play a full ranking points schedule, which consists of the 4 slams, 8 mandatory 1000s, and 6 500/250 level events of your choice (also includes the optional 1000 @ Monte Carlo). Now, you can play more, but let's go with that as a minimum.
I'm curious to see how others would schedule based on where they're from, which events they like, etc. So, I'll start.
Brisbane - obvious tune up for Australia and it makes sense to stay/play in the same country.
Australian Open
Memphis - other than, it is the closest event to where I live and I would not want to skip all of February without playin
Indian Wells
Miami
Monte Carlo
Madrid
Rome
Roland Garros
Halle - I would play Queens at least once, but I like the Halle event better. And, I'd like to visit Germany.
Wimbledon
Washington, D.C../Atlanta - since both are relatively close geographically, I think I'd try to play at least one of them.
Toronto/Montreal
Cincinnati
U.S. Open
Beijing - I would play Tokyo once, to visit Japan, but generally I would play Beijing and stay in China for...
Shanghai
Basel
Paris
That would be my minimum schedule. There are a few other tournaments I would consider for various reasons (Rio, Acapulco, Houston, Israel), either because it's closer to my home or I would like to visit the country.